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ADHD can be rough, because when you find something new and connective, it’s electric, exciting, and a the dopamine surge feels like a freaking symphony! When that’s shut-off mid-song, there’s like this echo, this feeling of emptiness. It’s not depression, it’s more like your

Trauma Changes the Brain AND SO. DOES. HEALING. XO, Dr. Jen

One of the biggest myths regarding (mindfulness) meditation is that we use it to clear our minds. Spoiler Alert: there is NO such thing as clearing our minds. The practice is to notice, with non-judgmental awareness, where our mind is in any given moment and GIVE. IT. GRACE.

Healing is messy and non-linear and hard AF AND also, when you find the right therapist, it’s like coming home to yourself. Being a therapist is the absolute honor and privilege of a lifetime. I am beyond blessed. Thank YOU for showing up and trusting me and showing me your

Part of healing is NOT beating yourself up for the way you survived. Your trauma responses may not be serving you now, but they sure as hell saved your life. Once you can dole out compassion for your survival instincts, and embrace the hurt child who found a way to stay here, you

As a society, we are so worried about coddling trauma survivors. Most survivors I know aren’t “playing the victim.” Most keep themselves small, are steeped in shame, and don’t even feel worthy of coddling. Please don’t stop validating survivors. Believe them. Remind them to

TIME does NOT heal all wounds. WE heal our hurts in increments, OVER time, but time doesn’t get the credit- WE DO. XO, Dr. Jen

𝗧𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆: “Don’t worry. Be Happy” 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 + 𝗡𝗼𝗻-𝗧𝗼𝘅𝗶𝗰: “Be where you need to be in any given moment. I know you’re worrying—how can I best support you through this time?” XO, Dr. Jen

4 Ways The Brain Changes When Rewired For Wellness: 1. The hippocampus grows 2. The pre-frontal cortex grows 3. The amygdala shrinks 4. The amygdala+PFC communicate more Trauma literally changes our circuitry, and, SO. DOES. HEALING. XO, Dr. Jen

When you truly care about someone, and weren’t being performative, you are able to hold their boundary while sitting with your own grief. This isn’t easy. It’s a practice. What’s your experience been? XO, Dr. Jen

REST is NOT a reward. It’s a neurobiological imperative that doesn’t need to be earned. XO, Dr. Jen

In ADHD, many of us struggle with what’s called Interoceptive Awareness-the experience of our internal sensations and cues. This can especially happen when we go into a deep hyperfocus (which is NOT the same as flow), and tunnel vision our way through a task while leaving

Is it too dramatic to say that the #Hamilton reunion saved my life? Yea, probably a little, but something like that 🙏🎵

Normalize… LESS weaponizing forgiveness against survivors and MORE we can absolutely heal without forgiving those who hurt us. XO, Dr. Jen

Hurt people who hurt people don’t get a pass from taking responsibility for the healing they need to do towards changing their behavior. XO, Dr. Jen